What struck me funny was looking over Karabell's draft. The 1st round he took Utley at pick 9. Well that might not have been so bad but I wouldnt touch Utley there till we find out how and when he will return for sure, but after that check out his next few picks. Longoria with the 16th pick, a little risky for me again. CC in the 3rd round at pick #33 followed by B. Webb with pick #40, Victorino at pick #56 "not that bad IMO" and then followed by D. Jeter. Yes Jeter ahead of Tulo, Furcal and others I would take ahead of Jeter. A few other picks I thought were way off were Delgado in the 8th, Pena in the 9th, and Wolf in the later rounds.

How does this man make a living giving advise on fantasy baseball?

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What struck me funny was looking over Karabell's draft. The 1st round he took Utley at pick 9. Well that might not have been so bad but I wouldnt touch Utley there till we find out how and when he will return for sure, but after that check out his next few picks. Longoria with the 16th pick, a little risky for me again. CC in the 3rd round at pick #33 followed by B. Webb with pick #40, Victorino at pick #56 "not that bad IMO" and then followed by D. Jeter. Yes Jeter ahead of Tulo, Furcal and others I would take ahead of Jeter. A few other picks I thought were way off were Delgado in the 8th, Pena in the 9th, and Wolf in the later rounds.

How does this man make a living giving advise on fantasy baseball?

9th is a tough spot this year. You can argue that it's too early to take Rollins, Howard, Holliday, Hamilton, Johan... I probably would have taken Teixeira, but if not, I do believe I would have gone Utley there as well.

As for Longoria 16th, I just saw rump take him in the 2nd round of the Cafeholics Mock. Granted, it was 23rd Overall, but if Karabell wanted him as his 3rd baseman, he had the option to take him 16th or not get him at all. Again, I don't think it's a God awful pick, and not nearly as bad as the Lincecum pick immediately after him or the Morneau pick after that, and don't even start on the Pedroia pick at 24th. Safest pick for him probably would've been one of Beltran, Berkman, Soriano, or Lee, but again, I don't think Longoria is terrible here.

Sabathia in the third I don't care for at all, but I like to use the middle rounds to take my SP, same as I remember you doing kent, so it's a matter of strategy, really. He clearly decided to grab 2 Aces in Rounds 3 and 4, and he could've certainly done worse than Sabathia and Webb. Again, not a big fan of either pick, but I'm not really huge on any of the players who were selected between his third and fourth picks, either. If he was going to go SP, I'm not sure why he passed on Peavy. An interesting note that 5 SP flew off the board in the first 4 Rounds -- I don't imagine that happening in many drafts I participate in this year, though there's always that one guy, like Karabell in this draft, who decides he's going to be the guy to get the Ace(s).

I realize you start 2 C's but to take 2 with top 50 picks? He also took 2 2B (Pedroia at 24) with top 100 picks. Picking Chipper at 71 (which is a solid pick imo) means you likely need another 3B fairly early (Zimmerman at 121). Those picks left him extemely weak at 1B and OF imo.

What struck me funny was looking over Karabell's draft. The 1st round he took Utley at pick 9. Well that might not have been so bad but I wouldnt touch Utley there till we find out how and when he will return for sure, but after that check out his next few picks. Longoria with the 16th pick, a little risky for me again. CC in the 3rd round at pick #33 followed by B. Webb with pick #40, Victorino at pick #56 "not that bad IMO" and then followed by D. Jeter. Yes Jeter ahead of Tulo, Furcal and others I would take ahead of Jeter. A few other picks I thought were way off were Delgado in the 8th, Pena in the 9th, and Wolf in the later rounds.

How does this man make a living giving advise on fantasy baseball?

If you look at his roster from top to bottom, I'd actually argue it's really not that bad. I don't have a problem with the Delgado and Pena picks though. Definitely some questionable picks, but the end result was a lot better than I had anticipated it being. Also as the previous poster said, there were far worse teams drafted.

I think Karabell may have been goofing this draft because his mantra over the years is that you always take bats in the early rounds.

Cockcroft seems to be the best FLB owner at ESPN. Pretty intelligent writer also.

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I realize you start 2 C's but to take 2 with top 50 picks? He also took 2 2B (Pedroia at 24) with top 100 picks. Picking Chipper at 71 (which is a solid pick imo) means you likely need another 3B fairly early (Zimmerman at 121). Those picks left him extemely weak at 1B and OF imo.

McCann at 25? lol

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